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White-on-black woodcut of a scowling bald robed figure seated on rocks, with a dragon coiling at upper right and Chinese characters across the top.

Handaka Sonja, a Lohan (disciple of Buddha), shown with his attribute, the dragon. Woodcut in the manner of an ink stone rubbing, China, 18--?.

A bald, scowling robed monk, identified in the record as the arhat Handaka Sonja, sits on rocky clouds beside a coiling dragon at upper right. The white-on-black woodcut imitates an ink stone rubbing, with columns of Chinese characters running across the top.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Woodcuts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2137 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Handaka Sonja, un lohan con un dragón, xilografía

Un monje calvo y con gesto adusto, con túnica, identificado en el registro como el arhat Handaka Sonja, se sienta sobre nubes rocosas junto a un dragón enroscado en la parte superior derecha. La xilografía en blanco sobre negro imita un frotado de piedra de tinta, con columnas de caracteres chinos en la parte superior.

Português: Handaka Sonja, um lohan com um dragão, xilogravura

Um monge calvo e de expressão severa, com manto, identificado no registro como o arhat Handaka Sonja, senta-se sobre nuvens rochosas ao lado de um dragão enrolado no canto superior direito. A xilogravura em branco sobre preto imita a frotagem de pedra de tinta, com colunas de caracteres chineses no topo.

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